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Boiler & Central Heating installation (Midlands)
I have asked a few installers to quote me on installing central heating within my 3 bed semi detached property. The property currently has no central heating, boiler or pipework so it will be full installation job. I have asked for a combi-boiler, and have tried to have the radiators 'back-to-back' as much as possible to…
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£6k for a bathroom in London?
Hi everyone, I live in London and I'm looking to get my bathroom refurbished. It's a medium-sized bathroom, 2.5m by 1.8m, and I'm just looking for a standard refit of the bath/basin/toilet/radiator, about 15 square meters of tiling, and a bit of extra shelving and changing the lights/fan. I thought this was a fairly simple…
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Landscape quote
Hi, I've received this quote today, Can anyone let me know if the price seem fair or not, Thanks :) Patio/Path Approx 22mt sq To excavate to revised levels, surplus materials to be carted to our tip. Construct insitu concrete base 100mm thick. Supply and lay sand stone paving, bedded on sharp sand mortar. Finished levels…
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Boiler Quotation
Hello All I need to replace my old boiler and so far I had 2 quotes, one of them is a bit overpriced but second one form known installer looks a bit better, before I go ahead I wanted to ask you if this price is fair or should I still look around? The quote was for £3200 and included: -remove of the old back boiler in…
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Moneysupermarket automatically generated quotes had wrong date, watch out!
If you receive automatically generated quotes from moneysupermarket, double check the start date! Apparently they use the data you entered the previous year to generate the quotes. Last year my policy started on the 13th May, the quotes moneysupermarket had automatically generated for me started on the 14th of May. If I…
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Rendering on 1930s semi - £8k plus Vat?
I have a 1930s semi detached house - extended to the left return. I've been quoted £4,000 to strip old render then £2,300 to paint it, £1500 for scaffolding. It sounds like a lot! (£7.8k plus VAT) We're still waiting for other quotes (four weeks and counting for one) but I wanted to know if that sounds right. They've also…
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Cost of Painting and Decorating
Can anyone give me a rough idea of the kind of cost I'm likely to be looking at to get interior painting done? I'm looking at getting 3 bedrooms and the living/dining room done, including ceilings. Dimensions are: living/Dining Room - 8 x 3m Bedroom 1 3.5 x 3.3m Bedroom 2 3.4 x 3.4 m bedroom 3 3 x 2.5 m I have never paid…
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Electric rewiring
Good morning, I need some advice regarding the cost for electrical work I received. For a two bedroom flat in South East London, I received a quote £1,600 for: fuse board change, 10 power points in kitchen with new circuit, lower ceiling, fix plasterboard in bathroom and install 4 down lights as well as points for electric…
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Quotes on 3 bathrooms - puzzled by the prices
Hi, We have plans to redo our bathrooms in our house- rip of everything - replace with new 1x small cloackroom 1x main bathroom 1x en-suite Work estimated at 2-3 weeks Received 3 quotes (w/o sanitary and white good which will be provided by me). So just the work: 4k GBP 6k GBP 8k GBP I'm puzzled about such large…
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Side-return extension quote
Wondered if anyone can advise on the following quote for a 1 story kitchen extension, 5x4m (20m sq). The original quote was around 38k so was a bit surprised when it came back at 54k. The house is a typical 2 bed mid-terrace in North London. Full-rewire, new boiler, bifolds, rooflight, underfloor heating. Not including the…
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Replacing external drains and gullies
Hi I've been qoted £3100 +VAT to replace all external drainsworks to my house. This includes replacemnt of gullies, all pipework to the foundation line )including 2 WC connections) and refurbishing the manhole/inspection chamber. It also uncludes reinsating the concrete. Does this seem resaonable? I'm struggling to get…
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Skimming over Artex ceiling
I've had a quotation for skimming the ceiling in my kitchen. It has been covered in Artex by a previous owner, I'm not sure how long ago. The ceiling is 20 sq metres, and I've been quoted £37 per m sq, making a total of £740. Another builder I had around has not supplied his quote yet, but said the first step is to get it…
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Loft ladder and boarding for attic
I wanted to see what people thought about this quote as there don't seem to be many businesses offering a loft ladder service in my area, so I might have to go further afield or perhaps bring in a non specialist for a 2nd quote. We've been quoted £360 for - PVC hatch - 3 part loft ladder - 26sq ft raised boarding in the…
